Philanthropy

Beacon Grille is proud to donate 100 percent of its net profits to the Cummings/Hillel Holocaust and Genocide Education Program at Tufts University. Please read below for more information about the impactful projects and events that have resulted from this charitable endeavor, and view this student-produced video to hear why it is so important to learn about the Holocaust and other genocides.

June 2012

Beacon Grille is in its third year sponsoring 20 Tufts students on a service-learning trip to Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, an organization that provides housing, education, and support to young Rwandans orphans. The students are writing a blog about their time in Rwanda, and prior students have written letters describing their meaningful trips.

May 2012

Students from Rwanda’s Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village met with American peers at Woburn Memorial High School, and then joined supporters for a lunch at Beacon Grille.

View videos of the students.

View photos of the event

Woburn Advocate – May 24, 2012

Christian Science Monitor – May 22, 2012

Woburn Patch – May 18, 2012

March 2012

Father Patrick Desbois, a noted Holocaust researcher and president of Yahad-in-Unum, spoke to more than 400 students and community members on March 13 at Tufts University's Cohen Auditorium. The French Catholic priest detailed his work revealing undiscovered mass graves from the Holocaust through interviews with residents of small villages in Eastern Europe.

View a video of the lecture

View photos from the event

View event flier

Tufts Daily – March 14, 2012

Woburn Advocate – March 20, 2012

November 2011

With support from Beacon Grille, the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education brought Dr. John Saunders to Tufts University to share his incredible first-hand account of Holocaust survival. The evening also featured the moving exhibit, “Gates of Hell, Private Tolkatchev,” made possible by the American Society for Yad Vashem.

View photos from the event.

Weston Town Crier – November 3, 2011

Tufts Daily – November 10, 2011

September 2011

The Cummings/Hillel Holocaust and Genocide Education Program at Tufts University becomes fully operational. Rabbi Jeffrey Summit works with students to plan a calendar of impactful activities, including guest lectures and interfaith service learning trips.

May 2011

For the second year, Beacon Grille sponsors 20 Tufts students on an interfaith trip to Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, a community in Rwanda that provides orphaned children a safe and secure living environment, health care, education, and necessary life skills.

Follow along with the students on their Rwanda blog and read excerpts of the moving letters they wrote upon returning home.